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For all that Joe Stuart had done(good and bad), I think he would've been a better fit for TD during this time. Jeff Young clearly was out of his league while helming this show with changes to the sets, theme music, and revolving door or writers. TD would have benefited from someone with a steady hand to steer the ship especially while soaps like GL were expanding to an hour during this period.

^I agree, and then they introduced Jeffrey.

Happy Thanksgiving fellow GL fans. It's around this time, and the 4th of July that I miss my P&G soaps.

It's been a long and bumpy road, but I do believe Eastenders is watchable again. I've found myself watching daily , and there's been a few interesting plots building up over the past few weeks.

Glad I wasn't completely sold on him, and yes this does serve as a silver lining.

Not every guy in the picture indulged in the salute, it should be noted that there's one student in the top right corner standing with a somber look on his face if only others in that pic had his way of thinking.

With each passing day, I get less confident that the midterms will restore some sense of sanity in this country. Between voter suppression tactics in Georgia and the lack of interest by some folks in voting, I'm starting think things are gonna get even worse before they get better. It's saddening.

I want to like Avenatti, but a part of me can't help but to feel as if I'll get the rug pulled out from under me with him, similar to Anthony Weiner.

I would have loved to have seen what the Dobsons would have done with Search for Tomorrow.

Speaking of Nola, KH has great chemistry with AA's Mike. She would've been a great spoiler for Toni and Mike, who I am kind of over at this point.

Toni is not Carolee's daughter. However, Toni's half-brother, Billy, is Carolee's stepson from a previous marriage to Dan Allison. Carolee took Billy in as her own after Dan's death, and it was around that time that Billy's actual parentage was revealed that he was the love child of Toni's mother and a man she ran off with. Toni's mother Barbara gave the child to Dan Allison and his first wife to raise as their own. Dan's wife died, and he then married Carolee. Jada has already started airing in a few scenes. Carolee was written off originally as leaving town during a rough patch in her marriage to Steve (which in some instances was fueled by a scheming Ann). I tuned out for much of this so I can't really give more detail other than that. As for the actresses ages, after some research it does appear that the show de-aged Carolee a bit by recasting the role with Rowland. Cenedella created Jerry and Joan if I'm correct. DePriest expanded the family to include Nola, Lew, Sara, and Virginia. Marland is slated to take over in the fall of 1976. It might be in October that we start seeing his name.

I always wanted to know the backstory between Chrissy and Lachlan's dad, looks like we'll never know. Oh well.

If Beto O'Rourke wins in Texas, and that's huge IF, barring any surprise scandals I can see him becoming president one day. His campaign in TX reminds me of Obama's run for Congress in IL.

Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley has officially canceled a committee vote on Brett Kavaunagh's Supreme Court nomination. https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/kavanaugh-sexual-assault-allegation-dle/h_9ad5f54f56191d6c23fc67a01bdced63?utm_term=link&utm_content=2018-09-18T20%3A45%3A32&utm_source=fbCNN&utm_medium=social

The show really suffered IMO from not having a long-term antagonist like Dan Allison (a John Dixon type character) to stir the pot in Madison through the years. Love to know what your ideas Khan as to how you would've saved Dan.

Despite Margaret DePriest's faults as a writer, I can honestly say the show is pretty entertaining now(IMO it hasn't been this way since the height of the Pollacks tenure). I love how the Dancy storyline is involving much of the cast.

It seems like NBC has poured plenty of money into the show with the revamp of the hospital, Matt's office, and the Conrads set as well.

Rest in Peace John McCain

Ira Avery and a solo Rick Edelstein(sp?) were the lowest of low points so far for the reruns IMO.

Watching this weeks worth of episodes with Ann and Paul scheming(which I love), with Stacey high on drugs and wanting have sex with Rico, this definitely isn't the same show it was under the Pollocks! I do find Margaret DePriest's tenure entertaining, but it is lacking a few things as well. Watching these episodes, its similar to the way I felt about B&E being at GL in the late 90s.

Mathew would've been a great character to mix it up with Spaulding men like Philllip and Alan-Michael. Mallet and Susan's returns all failed because they were not the characters they were before they left, at least not at their core. Heck, Susan was de-Sorased and Mallet was banging his Goddaughter. Marina. I'm glad Hurst took over when she did, because she tried to make the show somewhat familiar in those final months.

Reva was dressed pretty well IMO. It was the younger set she was a total MISS on, most notably Marah.

Interesting perspective. Some points I can agree with, some not so much. It's rare to find others such as myself who viewed Lloyd Gold's tenure as good. I loved how he began to focus on Holly/Billy/Buzz, had Claire pulling her usual manipulations around Springfield and interacting with Alan, and the earthquake was a guilty pleasure of mines. I think his tenure injected new energy into the show, and it showed with the ratings. It was until the time travel story that Gold lost me and telling from the ratings around that time, he lost a few other viewers too. Even though I think Gold was on the writing team, it was Ellen Weston who wrote the reveal that Gus was the product of Alan and a nun. I would have made Gus the love child between Rita and Alan IMO. Millee Taggart brought back Annie during the Reva stalker storyline in which she was in a mental institution. I will never forgive McTavish for killing off my favorite character Nadine, and in such a disgusting way. Her tenure was a hit or miss for me. Someone else noticed that there was a subtle shift in the feel of the show from when Pam Long and Nancy Curlee co-wrote to when Curlee wrote with Demorest and co. I agree there does seem to be a change. 1989 IMO was the show's best year.

Lemay briefly wrote for The Doctors for a few months from 1981-1982. He was one of its last few Head Writers.